This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...to the world which no other maker could have produced/ Bogie On the Grand Trunk Railway the con engines adopted, tractors were obliged to adopt the American system of locomotives: these American engines were all constructed with 'bogies/ It is well known that 'the bogie carriage yields to every irregularity in the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...to the world which no other maker could have produced/ Bogie On the Grand Trunk Railway the con engines adopted, tractors were obliged to adopt the American system of locomotives: these American engines were all constructed with 'bogies/ It is well known that 'the bogie carriage yields to every irregularity in the railroad, whether it be horizontal or lateral, whereas, in an ordinary English locomotive, the leading wheels would soon be worn out from the violent oscillation and vibration arising from the traffic on the rough railroads which exist in America/ English It may be noted that Mr. Hodges justly American claims the 'bogie as an English invention; inventions.' and he adds, 'in real truth most of their (American) " inventions" are English, which they have adopted/ His remarks with respect to the relative merits of English, American, and German labourers, are very valuable, as coming from one who has had such large experience in the Chap. employment of labour. He speaks of the ' notable fact that, many of the most ingenious English mechanics were addicted to drinking; and he comments upon the iniurious Bad r J influence effects of Trades Unions. And here I must of Trades' Unions. again give his own words: --In England, the Trades Union dominates everywhere, and it soon ruins a man. He can only do just what its rules prescribe, and what he is allowed to do, and it is only one particular sort of work that he does. But in America, on the contrary, he is obliged to do all sorts of things. I am ready to admit that if a man only makes the head of a pin, no man can do that so well as the man who does that alone; but his intellect becomes cramped by that fact, and he soon loses all grasp of mind: but when he gets to the States he has perhaps to chop d...
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